Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-03-11
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
TUESDAY, March |.

. SeHdte-PetitiOns of John Stockman
and eighty-three others against the in
crease of the appropriation for farmers
institutes and asking that the five thOus-
and now provided by law be appropriat-
ed to the state agricultural society. Three
petitions of citizens of Milwaukee pro-
testing against the creation of certain
venues and highways in Milwaukee as
boulevards and pleasure ways. Bills were
passed to provide for state insane ir
county asylums for the chronic insane !;
To appropriate certain sums of fmoney to
the charitable, reformatory and penal
institutions of the state. To th2 state
hospital for the insane, $4,000; north
ern hospital, Sl31 900; deaf school, $780,
900; blind, $4,000; industrial school for
boys $4,000; state prison, $4,000. To
authorize the state board of supervision
to erect additional buildings at the state
school for dependent and neglected chill:
dren. The bill calls for S65,000. Re
lating to Millers' and Manufacturers
Mutual insurance companies, and pre-
scrlbing when they may do general
business.
HOuse-The following bills were passed:
Applying the general election law of 1885
to municipal and judicial elections in
places of over $4,000 population.
Amending the law relating to the cellec
tion of taxes, so as to require every town,
city and village treasurer to enter in
each certificate given him for the pay
ment of taxes not only the name of the
person, firm, company or corporation,
and the date and description of the prop
erty, but also sthe words, "the valuation
the percentage of taxation" At the eve
ming session long debate was indulged
in on bill No. 146 A, q bill to require
corporations to pay weekly wages. The
bill was reported from the committee for
indefinite postponment. The bill was
finally indefinitely postponed by vote
of 55 to 50.
WEDNESDAY, March ?.
Senate-The bill to provide for the re-
lief of james Delane, of Clark countrywide
lost an arm by the premature discharge
of one of the state cannon which he was
firing at q soldiers reunion, was indef-
nitely postponed. Lieutenant Governor
Ryland announced the following senators
! as members of the university investiga-
tion committe, on the part of the SEN
ate: Messrs. Cooper, Dyson and Kennedy.
| House = Speaker Mills announced
Messrs. Knapp, McKlroy, McCourt, Lath-
| rop and Spiering as members on the
/ part of the assembly of the joint legisla
I tive committee to investigate the matter
/ of expenditure on the new university
| buildings and other matters pertaining
| thereto. The following oils were con-
4 Cured in: Providing that when coun-
4 ty seat has been established in one place
! for a period of fifteen years or more, and
] permanent buildings have been erected
| TO the value of $4,000, the same shall not
/ be removed, nor shall any application for
its removal be submitted to vote, except
| on the application of at least one-half OF
| the freeholders of the county. Empower
ing the CeutraIia Pulp and Water Power
company to erect and maintain dam
across the Wisconsin river at a giver
point. Relating to the transcripts OF
| judgments in justices courts. Appro
priating $4,000 to the board of univer
nersity regents, for the roofing and en-
| closing science hall.
THURSDAY, March, 3.
Senate-The following bills were con
| CURED in To provide for the payment oi
/ debts and obligations of county agri
| cultural societies. To amend 772. chapter
| 81, revised statutes, relating to fees o.
county surveyors. To aunend section,
1927 and i022, revised statutes, entitled
of the adoption of children To furthe
provide for the safety of factories and
public buildings. Relating to houses o.
i'll fame and amendatory of section 45s.